Ward 4 Council & ANCs

Even though they have a green light and right of way, drivers going northbound on 16th street through circle risk getting hit by cars approaching on the left, that fail to stop at intersection crossing to get to US29/Colesville Road

The North Portal to the District of Columbia, the crossroads between DC, Downtown Silver Spring, MD, and Rock Creek Park is a dangerous place to drive, walk, to cross the street, and ride a bicycle. Poor sight lines, bad landscaping, inaccessible sidewalks (when there are sidewalks), poor traffic controls, confusing and distracting municipal and commercial signage, jurisdictional conflicts between law enforcement/EMS.

This is a very confusing circle where accidents occure frequently. Normally traffic in a circle has right of way, but here it is unclear who has right of way and there are accidents frequently.

DAILY, where K Street NW meets 24th Street NW, the traffic going into and out of the city at rush hour block the intersection, preventing those going north/south on 24th from crossing K, making a left onto K going west. Also, the light on s/b 24th Street turns too fast for those of us going n/b on 24th to make a left onto K Street NW.

Drivers frequently speed on Blair Road, NW. More speeding enforcement is needed. Drivers ignore the "turn only" late at Blair & Aspen. Drivers continue in the right turn only lane through the intersection and then cut over, creating a safety hazard.

For the past 5 years (or longer) there is a significant, bone-rattling dip on taylor street, just west of 13th. It's unavoidable, as it takes up most of the block from side to side. It also involves a manhole. It appears maintenance was done there involving the sever system, but the road was never repaired. Like I said, I moved to the area in March 2006, and it already existed then.

THe city repaved the street and now the situation is worse because the manhole cover is a good three inches lower than everything else. The manhole needs to be raised flush with the street paving.